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Gonzalez-Alarcon v. Macias - "Abraham Gonzalez-Alarcon filed a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 alleging specific facts which, if proven, would demonstrate that he is a United States citizen. He seeks release from custody from Immigration...

Issue: Whether a criminal alien becomes exempt from mandatory detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c) if, after the alien is released from criminal custody, the Department of Homeland Security does not take him into immigration custody immediately.
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CLINIC, Mar. 13, 2018 - "We have received reports from across the country that the USCIS is sending interview notices to certain refugees. The following are frequently asked questions and answers to common concerns. This is a developing situation...

Matter of Cervantes, 27 I&N Dec. 238 (BIA 2018) - The crime of attempted voluntary manslaughter in violation of sections 192(a) and 664 of the California Penal Code, which requires that a defendant act with the specific intent to cause the death of...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Thursday that it is dropping the phrase “nation of immigrants” from the agency’s mission statement, a move it says is a reflection of its devotion to American citizens but which advocates...

Keeping with the Trump administration’s efforts to combat visa fraud, immigration attorneys said U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is making it harder for employers to contract out their skilled workers with H-1B visas to other companies...

President Donald Trump blamed Democrats for breakdowns in the recent immigration debate Friday, saying they have "abandoned" so-called Dreamers and would be responsible if no deal happens, while echoing campaign rhetoric about "criminal...

The mother of Aaron Hernandez’s daughter is suing the estates of the three men the former NFL star was accused of murdering to ensure the five-year-old receives up to $500,000 from the sale of the deceased Pro Bowler’s Massachusetts home....

The federal government pressed a Massachusetts federal court on Thursday to toss a lawsuit in which an atheist French citizen who is seeking U.S. citizenship challenges the inclusion of the phrase “so help me God” in the naturalization oath and asks to...